Sebastiaan Bornauw (born 22 March 1999) is a Belgian professional

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who plays as a defender for

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club VfL Wolfsburg and the Belgium national team.

Club career

Anderlecht

Bornauw made his professional debut for

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in a 4–1

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win over

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on 28 July 2018, at the age of 19 years old. He played the full game. Bornauw would go on to become a key defender for Anderlecht, despite his young age. In total, he played in 24 league games and he scored one goal as a defender for Anderlecht in his debut season.

1. FC Köln

On 6 August 2019, Bornauw joined

1. FC Köln 1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e. V., commonly known as simply FC Köln () or FC Cologne in English, is a German professional football club based in Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs ''Kölner Ballspi ...

on a five-year deal. He scored his first

goal on 20 October 2019 against

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. In his first season at 1. FC Köln, Bornauw established himself as a regular starter and became a key player for the club.

VfL Wolfsburg

On 16 July 2021, Köln announced that the club had transferred Bornauw to VfL Wolfsburg, where he signed a contract until 2026. He scored his first goal for Wolfsburg on 26 February 2022 in a 2–2 draw against

Borussia Mönchengladbach Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e. V. Mönchengladbach, commonly known as Borussia Mönchengladbach (), Mönchengladbach () or Gladbach (; abbreviated as Borussia MG, BMG), is a professional Association football, football club based in ...

International career

Bornauw debuted with the

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in a 1–1 friendly draw with

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on 8 October 2020.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bornauw, Sebastiaan Living people 1999 births Association football defenders Belgian footballers Belgium international footballers Belgium under-21 international footballers Belgium youth international footballers Belgian expatriate footballers R.S.C. Anderlecht players 1. FC Köln players Belgian First Division A players Bundesliga players Expatriate footballers in Germany VfL Wolfsburg players